This website is a collection of horror stories, news reports and other information addressing problems with Paypal, Inc..

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While we do not have the resources to verify each and every complaint we receive, we do believe that all reports posted here are true based on our own experience with Paypal and the growing number of corroborating horror stories we receive every day. The main subject of the majority of these horror stories is the following:

Your Paypal account can be frozen at any time, without advance notice, leaving you without your money for months (if not forever), and there isn't much you can do about it.If you would like to submit your own PayPal horror story, we would be more than happy to post it for everyone to read, providing that it is truthful and void of inappropriate language. Please feel free to submit your story by clicking Here

How Does PayPal Make Money With My Money?

According to the San Francisco Chronicle, there are approx. 100,000 complaints outstanding at PayPal (Are any of these yours?). In many instances disputes can run on for months leaving people frustrated and out of pocket as they are unable to access their accounts. So what happens to the millions of dollars tied up in frozen accounts and disputes? Well, here is a clip from the San Francisco Chronicle that basically sums it up:

U.S. District Judge Jeremy Fogel of San Jose refused to dismiss a lawsuit that seeks class-action status on behalf of thousands of PayPal customers nationwide. A common allegation is that the company brushes off or stalls customer grievances for months and meanwhile freezes the customer's account and pockets the interest (So that's how they make their money!). No wonder they freeze so many accounts!

On 4 separate occasions, I have transferred money from my Paypal account balance to another account. Paypal however ALSO took the same amounts from my Credit Card at the same time. They claimed that they sent that money as the … Continue reading →

I used PayPal once, then I kept getting these notices to pay them. So I went to their website and tried to pay them. But their website is opaque, dysfunctional and just plain stupid/mean. I wasted hours trying to pay … Continue reading →

I just fell victim to the typical eBay/PayPal scam. A scam buyer joins eBay for a month, runs up @18 positive ratings (and provides NO ratings for any of their VERY small dollar amount purchases). He has a gibberish email … Continue reading →

I paid for personal training and coaching via PayPal in the amount of $2000. After learning that the person was a scam I notified PayPal and disputed the transaction. I told them I had proof of another person who was … Continue reading →

I recently logged into my Paypal account (after many years of inactivity) to complete an online purchase I had made from an online store, and noticed my account had been placed in limited status almost 2yrs ago, so I was … Continue reading →

So it was just a normal day. I’m opening an e-mail and seeing a letter that it is something wrong with my account. I am opening PayPal and it’s limited. They need more information about a payment sent on the … Continue reading →

Ebay wouldn’t give me back my money when a package never arrived, they ruled it in favor of the seller and also tried to get the money from my bank and they sent all the information to my bank so … Continue reading →

I have been robed by PayPal ! I sent a bronze statue to a customer,only for it to arrive damaged,in the post, I agreed to refund the cost of the item as soon as I received payment from the post … Continue reading →

Hi there haters of paypal thieves. Paypal have held my money on every sale I make for 21 days and I don’t know why. I have done nothing wrong at all. I phoned them 100s of times hoping to get … Continue reading →

Hi, I just wanted to report how terrible the paypal website is. I’m not talking about their services, just the website itself. They make it over complicated. I’m using the dutch version of paypal (paypal.nl). Half of their website is … Continue reading →